2011 Memphis Softball Game Notes vs. Tulsa

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2011 MEMPHIS SOFTBALL Memphis Athletic Media Relations • 203 Athletic Office Bldg • Memphis, TN • 901-678-2337 • Fax: 901-678-4134 Softball Contact Info: Colby Wilson • rcwlson2@memphis.edu • 901-678-5294 • Cell: 615-604-3803 Brandon Kolditz • wkolditz@memphis.edu • 901-678-2444 • Cell: 901-871-5475

2011 TIGER SCOREBOARD Date 2/11

Time/Result vs. North Florida& 3-0, W vs. DePaul& 5-6, L 2/12 vs. #22/24 Ohio State& 7-3 (8), W at FIU& 6-7, L 2/13 vs. Kentucky& 3-2, W 2/19 vs. Appalachian State$ 1-0, W at Georgia State$ 3-2, W 2/20 vs. Lipscomb$ 1-0, W vs. Appalachian State$ 1-0, W 2/23 Alabama A&M 8-0 (5), W Alabama A&M 9-0 (5), W 2/25 #24 Kentucky# Cancelled at #16/17 Stanford# 2-1, W 2/26 North Dakota State# 0-2, L UC Davis# 8-3, W 2/27 Colorado State# 4-3 (8), W 3/4 at Mississippi State% Cancelled 3/5 at Mississippi State% Cancelled 3/6 vs. #22 Texas A&M% L, 0-1 (9) vs. Miss. Valley State% W, 5-1 3/10 at NC State Cancelled 3/12 at East Carolina* L, 1-4 at East Carolina* W, 2-1 3/13 at East Carolina* W, 1-0 3/16 Miss. Valley State W, 8-0 (5) Miss. Valley State W, 2-0 3/19 Houston* L, 7-1 Houston* L, 8-0 (5) 3/20 Houston* W, 2-0 3/26 at UTEP* W, 5-3 at UTEP* W, 13-3 (5) 3/27 at UTEP* 15-6 (6) 4/2 Tulsa* 1 pm Tulsa* 3 pm 4/3 Tulsa* 12 pm 4/6 Alabama State 3 pm Alabama State 5 pm 4/9 at Marshall* 1 pm at Marshall* 3 pm 4/10 at Marshall* 12 pm 4/13 Tennessee State 2 pm Tennessee State 4 pm 4/15 at Murray State 2 pm at Murray State 4 pm 4/19 at Arkansas 6:30 pm 4/22 UCF* 5 pm UCF* 7 pm 4/23 UCF* 1 pm 4/27 at UT Martin 4 pm at UT Martin 6 pm 4/30 UAB* 1 pm UAB* 3 pm 5/1 UAB* 1 pm 5/7 at Southern Miss* 1 pm at Southern Miss* 3 pm 5/8 at Southern Miss* 1 pm 5/12-14 C-USA Championship * Denotes Conference USA Game & FIU Combat Class (Miami, Fla.) $ Panther Invitational (Atlanta, Ga.) # Stanford Nike Invitational (Palo Alto, Calif.) % Bulldog Classic (Starkville, Miss.) Home games in BOLD Times are local to site and subject to change

Saturday, March 16-Sunday, March 27 Tiger Softball Complex, Memphis, Tenn. Live Web Coverage: Live Chat / G ameTracker / A ll-Access Video

Confident Tigers Set to Host Tulsa After the bats came alive in last weekend’s sweep of UTEP, the University of Memphis softball team hopes to carry that momentum into this weekend’s home series with second-place Tulsa. A series win would put the Tigers ahead of the Golden Wave to enter the second half of the C-USA schedule, next week. Reining C-USA co-Hitter of the Week Jessica Phillips will look to continue her dominant season against a Tulsa pitching staff that opponents are hitting a mere .183 against going into the weekend. Last Year Against the Golden Hurricane The Tigers traveled to Tulsa in 2010 and got their first-ever regular season victory against the Golden Hurricane, a 6-1 win in game two of the series-opening doubleheader. Vanessa Walle drove in four and threw a complete game for the Tigers. In the first game, Maddie McKinley was 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI, but Tulsa got the best of the Tigers with a 7-5 victory. In the Sunday rubber match, Tulsa’s Kelly Chapman hit a walk-off two-run homer in the seventh to spoil Memphis’ bid for a series victory. Lelani Bernardino was 2-for-3 with a two-RBI double in the fifth to give Memphis its only lead of the day. Live Coverage All three games Memphis will play against Tulsa can be followed through live stats provided by CBS College Sports GameTracker. Live chat provided by Memphis Media Relations will also be available for each game. Links to the live chat and GameTracker can be found at GoTigersGo. com. All-Access video coverage can be found at gotigersgo.com On Deck The Tigers host Alabama State in a mid-week non-conference tilt, April 6, before traveling to Huntington, W. Va., to begin the second half of the C-USA schedule with series at Marshall. April 9’s doubleheader will begin at 1 p.m., while the April 10 game will kick off at noon. Historic Home Run Barrage Downs UTEP Memphis scored 33 runs on 30 hits over the course of three games in El Paso, sweeping the Miners and solidifying Memphis’ hold on third

place in Conference USA. Game One was a close affair, with the Tigers coming back from an early 2-0 deficit to win, 5-3. Senior Heather Mott homered and Alyssa Palmieri led Memphis with two hits and the game-winning RBI for Carly Hummel, who came on in relief for the win. Game two was blown open by an eight-run Tiger fifth inning, highlighted by Memphis extrabase hits from Ashleigh King and Palmieri; King had a single and a double in the inning and the Tigers run-ruled UTEP, 13-3. The series finale was dominated by the long ball, with junior Jessica Phillips hitting a school-record three home runs, including a walk-off grand slam, and senior Maddie McKinley adding two home runs of her own in a 15-6 rout. Hummel picked up the win, her 13th of the season, throwing three innings and limiting UTEP to two earned runs. It was the Tigers first-ever road series win against UTEP. First National RPI Announced; Memphis Cracks Top 50 While the love from the polls has been lacking of late, the first Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) rankings of 2011 put Memphis softball in rarified air. The Tigers checked in at 40th in the nation in the first RPI of 2011, their highest spot in school history, and up more than 60 spots from last season’s end point of 105th. The Tigers are one of five C-USA schools (Houston, 30th; East Carolina, 39th; Tulsa, 42nd; and UAB, 46th) to land in the top 50 of the first poll, which is based 25 percent on school winning percentage, 50 percent opponent success and 25 percent opponent schedule strength. Phillips Named C-USA Co-Hitter of the Week; Second Weekly Honor of 2011 Phillips slugged three home runs to power Memphis to a 15-6 win, Sunday, at UTEP; the three home runs were a school-record and tied a conference record. It was Phillips’ third multi-home run game of 2011 and fourth of her career. The Chattanooga, Tenn., native set a school record with 12 total bases had six RBI, third-most in a single game in school history. For the week, Phillips hit .455 and slugged 1.455, with three homers, a triple and nine RBI to earn the second weekly conference award of her junior season.


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